Land Technician

Pacific Gas and Electric Company, incorporated in California in 1905, is one of the largest combination natural gas and electric utilities in the United States. Based in San Francisco, the company is a subsidiary of PG&E Corporation.

This position will be with the LS&ES South Coast Division working out of the General Office in San Francisco and possibly providing support throughout our entire division which spans from San Francisco to San Luis Obispo. LS&ES SouthCoast Division provides surveying support services to all lines of PG&E business including Gas Distribution and Transmission, Electric Distribution and Transmission, Substation Engineering, PG&E Corporate Real Estate, Pipeline Safety Enhancement Project, theHydroelectric System Power Generation Dam Settlements, and Environmental Remediation. This position will prepare legal documents, legal descriptions, CAD drawings, CAD mapping, perform field surveying, office surveying calculations, customer communications, problemsolving, preparing permits with outside agencies (CalTrans, UPRR, EBMUD, etc.) and other duties in supporting PG&E’s transmission, new business and customer distribution connections to our electrical and gas systems.

* Perform routine work as a member of a surveyparty, make precise survey measurements using conventional and state of the art surveying instruments; interpret legal descriptions of real property; make and interpret survey calculations; research, analyze, check, and adjust survey data; research title and compileevidence and documentation for boundary determination. Operate the survey vehicle. * Prepare maps from field notes, office data, and title searches for condemnation proceedings, obtain rights-of-way, purchase land, obtain government permits, and obtain leasesand other land documents. Plot plan profiles, road cross-sections, topography, contours, and special drawings. Check mathematical computations of others. * Assemble information for, and processing, clearing, and correcting of rights-of-way and land matters.This work includes such duties as preparing legal descriptions of real property; preparing all routine documents necessary for the acquisition of easements by the Company ; processing necessary forms for the procuring of permits; preparing and processing quitclaims;securing signatures; securing permits; inspecting property; preliminarily investigating encroachments; and preparing clear and concise reports and correspondence.

* A California State Licensed Land Surveyor in Training (LSIT) or Professional Land * Surveyor (PLS) * Experience usingMicroStation and/or AutoCAD * Take initiative and can work with minimal direction * Excellent written and oral communication skills * Field or office experience in a land surveying capacity * Ability to effectively work with and supportcolleagues * Experience generating plan/profile mapping, topographic mapping and construction * staking * Experience writing/interpreting legal land descriptions **Minimum:** * 2 years of land surveying or civil engineering experience or the equivalent in education and/or experience * Must possess a valid California driver’s license or ability to obtain by first day of employment